tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post4501634651189940334..comments2024-01-01T08:56:57.641-08:00Comments on Periphery: The Gift of TimeTangledLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-61520828092282642382011-12-26T08:24:14.572-08:002011-12-26T08:24:14.572-08:00I've been thinking about the gift of time a lo...I've been thinking about the gift of time a lot lately. This season, in particular, has been one where I haven't felt as though I had a lot of time to give and yet finding hidden moments to share. <br /><br />Beautifully written as always.Just Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02861216483398553225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-8598147008652293012011-12-20T19:17:13.964-08:002011-12-20T19:17:13.964-08:00Time is such a precious commodity in modern life. ...Time is such a precious commodity in modern life. I know I feel like that right now. How to make the best decision about its use? How to KNOW that I am using it well. I appear to be engaged right now (as in this year) in a bit of dismay over time's disappearance. Where did the last 30 years go? and, combined with that, is the fear that I am not using the time I left in this life well. GRRRRRRR - I am angry and afraid.Graciewildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00142582724233027386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-11317732371444756752011-12-20T06:49:38.495-08:002011-12-20T06:49:38.495-08:00"Time, time, time. See what's become of m...<a href="http://youtu.be/taf8fYP9Y-A" rel="nofollow">"Time, time, time. See what's become of me."</a> The gift of time is the one that means the most to me. It's the hardest to give, wondering whether the receiver is as interested in spending time as I am. Is it narcissistic to think that time with ME is a GIFT?! Is it really a selfish motivation - fulfilling a want that I have to spend time with the other person? Who's giving and who's receiving here?<br /><br />All in a hazy shade of winter.Margihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00380912871792176901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-37460692181469123392011-12-20T06:22:09.031-08:002011-12-20T06:22:09.031-08:00ackbod, plobareackbod, plobarecdnkarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300104667616840616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-33443351782558041212011-12-20T06:21:52.241-08:002011-12-20T06:21:52.241-08:00What a wonderful reminder that gifts can be so sim...What a wonderful reminder that gifts can be so simple. In my post "How to celebrate Christmas meaningfully", we were mulling over this issue and concluded that our gifts to our children would be mostly calm, unhurried, one-on-one time with them over the holidays, because that's what we would all love the most, and what is not always easiest to give.cdnkarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300104667616840616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-81250005344326317232011-12-20T06:08:41.863-08:002011-12-20T06:08:41.863-08:00The phrase "the inexorable march of time"...The phrase "the inexorable march of time" crops up frequently in my writing. As someone who is retired, after working since age eleven, and never having one half the time required to accomplish what I needed to accomplish, I find that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Being "harried and hurried" is a fact of life, unless, maybe, you are retired. No matter, that. I still have only half the time I need to do the things I want to do. One of them is to visit my favorite sites, and see what's available for my reading pleasure. Thank-you for that.Mark O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295762252612104201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-46058749571128860502011-12-19T21:28:44.757-08:002011-12-19T21:28:44.757-08:00I'm sort of obsessed with our perception of th...I'm sort of obsessed with our perception of the passage of time. It's kind of a tangent of the whole does what we believe about something change the essential truth of it that was being discussed over at The M Half last week. We generally think of time as a concrete, measurable structure, but there are all kinds of debates raging about whether it actually is or not among scientists all over the world.<br /><br />Regardless of whatever laws of phsyics may or may not be involved, our time is truly one of the greatest we can give. (And sometimes the most difficult to give freely.) I hope you enjoy your holiday visits.Masked Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197019009052401812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-52222970678769715732011-12-19T20:54:18.401-08:002011-12-19T20:54:18.401-08:00I LOVE the idea of giving our time as a gift. I do...I LOVE the idea of giving our time as a gift. I do wish someone could gift me a few more hours- though I'd probably spend it reading blogs.Julie DeMillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17929034148906710834noreply@blogger.com